Window-shade hanger.



G. N. HINER.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 11, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patented June 14,1910.

CHARLES N. I-IINER, OF STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14, 1910.

Application filed February 11, 1909. Serial No. 477,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES N. HINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at .Staunton, in the county of Augusta and to windows of different lengths, and adapted to permit a window shade to be moved bodily upward and downward to arrange it either at the top of a window or in spaced relation with the same to provide an open space at the top of the window for affording ventilation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a window shade hanger of this character having compactly arranged mechanism, which will not interfere with the free operation of the window shade in working the same on and off the roller in any adjustment of the hanger.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of a window shade hanger, constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view, partly in section, illustrating the construction of the slidable frame and the manner of mounting the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the slidable frame and the adjacent portions of the guides. Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 44: of Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the end brackets, the yoke being in section. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the yoke. Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of the upper portion of one of the tubular guides, showing the cushion and one of the vertically movable slides. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the U-shaped wire frame members. Fig. 9 is a detail view of one end of the spring actuated roller for moving the slidable frame vertically. Fig. 10 is a detail horizontal sectional view on the line 1010 of Fig. 1. Fig. 11 is a detail vertical sectional view on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The curtain shade hanger comprises in its construction a vertically slidable frame, composed of two transversely disposed approximately U-shaped wire frame members 1 and 2 and end and intermediate brackets 3, 4t and 5, preferably stamped from sheet metal and provided at the top and bottom with lugs 6, which are bent around and embrace the upper ancl lower sides of the wire frame members. The end and intermediate brackets 3 and 5 are spaced apart by upper and lower tubes or sleeves 7, arranged on the upper and lower sides of the wire frame member 1 and intermediate between the brackets 3 and 5, as clearly illustrated in 3 of the drawings. The end and intermediate brackets 4 and 5 are spaced apart by upper and lower sleeves 8, arranged on the upper and lower sides of the frame members 1 and 2 and connecting the adjacent terminals thereof. The tubes or sleeves 8 and the wire frame members form an adjustable frame adapted to be applied to windows of different widths. In adjusting the frame to a window, the wire frame members are cut the proper length and they are then secured in the connecting tubes or sleeves 8 by pinching the latter, as illustrated at 9, or otherwise securing the parts together.

Each of the brackets consists of an inner attaching body portion and an outwardly projecting supporting portion. The rojecting supporting portions of the end brackets 3 and 4 are equipped, respectively, with a a the spring of the Window shade. The opening 11 is circular and receives the round journal of the shade roller. he window shade is adapted to be run on or off the window shade roller in the usual manner.

The end brackets are provided with integral outwardly extending horizontal tongues 14, connected at their inner ends with the attaching portions of the bracket and cut from the outwardly projecting portions and extending into vertical tubular guides 15. The tubular guides 15, which are secured to a window frame 16 at opposite sides thereof, are provided at their inner sides with longitudinal slots 17 and receive vertically movable slides 18 to which the tongues 14 are connected. The slides 18 are preferably of cylindrical form to conform to the configuration of the tubular guides, and they are provided at intermediate points with slots 19 for the reception of the tongues 14, which are rigidly secured to the slides by rivets or other suitable fastening devices.

The terminals of the vertical guides are secured to the window frame 16 by upper and lower brackets. The upper brackets consist of an inner or back plate 20 and a front strap or plate 21, bowed outwardly at 22 to embrace the tubular guide and secured to the back plate by means of screws 23 and 24, which also extend into the window frame, whereby the upper bracket is secured to the same. The lower brackets 25 consist of front and back plates, secured together and to the window frame by screws 26, the front plate being bowed similar to the front plate of the upper bracket.

The vertically slidable frame is supported and actuated in its upward movement by a spring actuated roller and a pair of flexible metallic strips or ribbons 27, secured at their upper ends to the window frame at the top thereof by the upper brackets. The upper terminal portions of the flexible strips 27 are bent back upon themselves to form loops 28, which receive and embrace the inner portions of the front plates 21 of the upper brackets. The upper brackets are extended at their inner sides and the screws 24 are spaced apart to receive the strips or ribbons between them, so that the front portion of the loop of the strip or ribbon is engaged by the heads of the screws, and the rear portion of the loop is clamped between the front and back plates of the top bracket, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 11 of the drawings.

The spring actuated roller, which is located above the curtain shade roller, con sists of a connecting rod 29 and a spring casing 30, forming a housing for a coiled spring 31, which is connected at its outer end 32 with a spring rod 33, extending longitudinally of the casing. The outer end portion 34 of the rod 29 is reduced and it extends through a bearing opening 35 of the end bracket 4. The inner end of the rod 29 receives a sleeve 36, extending through a bearing opening 37 of the projecting portion of the intermediate bracket, and fitted within a socket 38 of a plug 39,'which is secured within the inner end of the tubular casing 30 by means of a screw 39 piercing the casing 30, the plug and the short sleeve 36 and engaging the inner end of the connecting rod 29. The inner end 40 of the spring is secured to the plug, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The plug is provided with a bearing 41 for the inner end of the spring rod 33, and the outer portion of the spring rod is squared and extends through a circular opening 42 of the end bracket 3. The squared portion of the rod is engaged by a ball 43 of a ratchet device for holding the upper spring actuated roller in its adjustment. The ratchet device is substantially the same as that shown and described in Patent No. 866,200, granted to me Sept. 17, 1907 and includes the said ball and a disk 44, secured within a cap 45 and interlocked with the same. The disk is provided with a central opening to receive the rod 33, and the cap is fitted on the outer end of the spring casing 30 and is provided with an L-shaped slot 46, which receives a lug 47 of the casing, whereby the cap is detachably secured on the outer end of the casing 30, and is readily removable to afford access to the ratchet mechanism. The cap 45 is provided with a central opening 48 through which the rod 33 passes, and the rod is provided with a round bearing portion 49 at the opening 48. One of the flexible strips or ribbons 27 is secured to the cap 45, and the other strip or ribbon is secured to a hollow drum 50, mounted on the reduced outer end portion of the rod 29. The lower ends of the flexible strips or ribbons may be attached to the upper spring actuated roller by any suitable means, and when the roller rotates they are wound around or unwound from the cap 45 and the hollow drum 50, according to the direction of rotation. The rod 29 may be made with any length to adapt it to the width of a window frame, and it is detachably connected with the spring casing by the said screw 39.

The end bracket 3 is equipped with a yoke 51, composed of two sides and a connecting front portion, and it is fitted on and secured to the upper portion of the bracket 3 by means of a screw 52. The sides of the yoke are provided with rectangular recesses 53, which receive and engage with the squared portion of the spring rod 33 of the upper roller, whereby the spring rod is held against rotary movement. Should it be desired to tighten the spring, which is stronger than the spring of the shade roller, the screw 52 is removed and the yoke may then be conveniently oscillated and used as a handle or instrument for turning the rod 33 to increase the tension of the spring. Owing to 54, or other suitable flexible connection, and

it operates within the left hand tubular guide and is connected with the left hand slide 18, the latter being preferably pro vided at its lower end with a lug or ear 55 to receive the upper link of the chain. The chain is provided at its lower end with a suitable operating device, but any other flexible connection may be employed for operating the slidable frame. As the slides at opposite sides of the window are rigidly connected with the ends of the slidable frame, the window shade hanger may be readily raised and lowered by means of a single operating device at one side of the window without liabillty of causing the parts to bind.

The guides are equipped at their upper ends with interiorly arranged plugs 56, provided in their lower ends with seats or sockets 57 for the reception of cushions 58, consisting of blocks of rubber, or other suitable means and arranged in the path of and adapted to be engaged by the slides 18, whereby the window shade hanger is ren dered noiseless in its operation.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window shade hanger including spaced tubular guides, slides operating in the guides, a slidable frame connected with the slides, a spring actuated roller mounted on the slidable frame, flexible strips arranged to be wound around the roller for moving the frame in one direction, and an operating device connected with one of the slides and operating within the tubular guide for the same.

2. A window shade hanger including spaced tubular guides, slides operating in the guides, a frame connected with the slides, means including a spring for actuating the frame to move the same in one direction, and cushions mounted within the tubular guides and arranged in the path of and adapted to be engaged by the slides.

3. A window shade hanger including spaced tubular guides, slides operating in the guides, a frame connected with the slides, means including a spring for actuating the frame to move the same in one direct-ion, plugs fitted within the tubular guides and provided with sockets, and rubber cushions secured within the sockets of the plugs and arranged in the path of and adapted to be engaged by the slides.

4. A window shade hanger including a vertically movable frame, a vertical guide for the same, a bracket for securing the guide to a window frame and provided with spaced headed fastening devices, a spring actuated roller carried by the guide, a flexible strip connected with the roller and having a looped portion embracing a portion of the bracket and engaged at opposite sides by the heads of the said fastening devices.

5. A window shade hanger including a vertically movable frame, a vertical guide for the same, a bracket for securing the guide to a window frame, said bracket being composed of front and back plates, and spaced fastening devices having heads, a spring actuated roller mounted on the frame, and a flexible strip connected with the roller and having a looped portion embracing the front plate of the bracket and engaged by the heads of the fastening devices of the bracket.

6. A window shade hanger comprising a vertically movable frame including approximately U -shaped wire frame members, brackets extending across the space between the sides of the U-shaped frame members and secured to the same, and connecting tubes receiving the adjacent port-ions of the sides of the wire frame members, and means for guiding the frame.

7. A window shade hanger comprising tubular slotted guides, and a vertically movable frame including end brackets constructed of sheet metal and consisting of inner attaching portions and outwardly extending supporting portions and provided with integral tongues projecting from the attaching portions of the bracket-s and cut from the supporting portions of the same and operating in the slots of the guides, and means for connecting the brackets.

8. A window shade hanger including guides, and a vertically movable bracket composed of wire frame members having spaced upper and lower portions, intermediate and end brackets provided with lugs embracing the upper and lower portions of the wire frame members, and tubes arranged on the upper and lower portions of the frame members and interposed between the brackets and connecting the said frame members.

9. A window shade hanger comprising a. vertically movable frame provided with means for supporting a window shade, means for guiding the frame, a spring actuated roller located above the means for supporting the window shade and including a spring casing arranged at one side of the window, a connecting rod secured at its inner end to the casing and extending to the opposite side of the window and supported at its outer end by the said frame, a spring rod extending longitudinally of the casing and connected with the said frame, a spring connected with the rod and with the casing,

and a flexible strip arranged to be wound around the casing and supporting the same and the movable frame.

10. A window shade hanger comprising a vertically movable frame, means for guiding the same, a spring actuated roller including a spring casing, a connecting rod secured at its inner end to the casing and supported at its outer end by said frame, a spring rod extending longitudinally of the casing and connected with the said frame, a spring connected with the rod and with the casing, a hollow drum secured to the connecting rod, and flexible strips arranged to be wound around the drum and the casing, respectively.

11. A window shade hanger comprising a frame, a roller mounted on the frame and including a spring casing arranged at one end of the frame, a plug mounted within the inner end of the casing, a connecting rod secured at its inner end to the plug and extending from the casing to the opposite end of the frame, a spring rod extending longitudinally of the casing and connected at its outer end with the frame and journaled at .its inner end in the plug, and a spring connected with the rod and with the plug.

12. A window shade hanger comprising a frame, a roller including a spring casing, a plug fitted within the inner end of the easing and provided with a socket, a connecting rod extending from the casing to the frame, a sleeve arranged on the connecting rod and fitted within the said socket, a fastening device piercing the casing, the plug andthe sleeve and engaging the connecting rod, and a spring connected with the plug and with the frame. 7

13. A window shade hanger comprising a vertically movable frame provided with a bracket having an opening, a spring actuated roller having a spring journal extending through the opening of the bracket and rotatable therein, a locking member secured to the bracket and provided with a recess engaging the spring journal for holding the same against rotary movement, said locking member being detachable and forming a handle for rotating the spring journal to tighten the spring, and a flexible connection arranged to be wound around the spring actuated roller and supporting the vertically movable frame.

14:. A window shade hanger comprising a vertically movable frame provided with a bracket having an opening, a spring actuated roller having a spring journal extending through the opening of the bracket and rotatable therein, a locking member consisting of a yoke straddling the bracket and provided at opposite sides with recesses engaging with the spring journal, members for detachably securing the locking member to the bracket, and a flexible connection arranged to be wound around the spring actuated roller and supporting the vertically movable frame.

15. A window shade hanger comprising a vertically movable frame having intermediate and end brackets, the end brackets being provided with means for holding a shade roller, an upper spring actuated roller including a casing extending across the space between the intermediate brackets and one of the end brackets, a rod connected With the casing and extending from the intermediate bracket to the other end bracket, and a spring housed within the casing for actuating the upper roller, and a flexible strip or ribbon arranged to be wound around the roller.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES N. HINER.

Witnesses:

ADnLBnR'r H. J ONES, LUTHER W. PUFFENBARGER. 

